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Joseph E Stiglitz: “Everything the neoliberals said was wrong”

We’re Expecting the Wrong Things From the CDC

"If you want the CDC to be apolitical, you’re missing the point of public health. . . 

. . . 'The ‘politicization’ accusation implies that we should just isolate the CDC and let it do its work by itself,' said Gil Eyal, a sociology professor at Columbia University. 'But I think that’s wrong. I don’t think we know of an obvious way to organize the relationship between science and politics.' That is, they are always intertwined, especially when it comes to the work of a large government agency" . . .

Jason Smerdon, Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was quoted in Marketplace.

Farmers, ranchers in the Southwest adapt to the region’s worst drought in more than 1,000 years

We’ve known for a couple of decades that the American Southwest is experiencing a serious drought. According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, it’s the worst drought the region has experienced in at least 1,200 years. . . hardship probably won’t let up soon, according to climate scientist Jason Smerdon.

Timothy M. Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, published in Columbia News.

As Russia continues to amass troops along Ukraine's border and the U.S. announces plans to deploy troops in Eastern Europe, the regional situation looks increasingly perilous.